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Order Code RL30959
CRS Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Presidential Appointee Positions
Requiring Senate Confirmation and
Committees Handling Nominations
Updated October 27, 2003March 18, 2008
Henry B. Hogue
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress
Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate
Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations
Summary
The President submits most nominations to the Senate when the Senate is in
session. The
Maureen Bearden
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Knowledge Services Group
Terrence L. Lisbeth
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Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate
Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations
Summary
As part of the process of making an appointment to an advice and consent
position, the President usually submits a nomination to the Senate. The Senate’s
executive clerk refers the nomination to the appropriate committee orcommittees onthe day it is received. When making a referral, the executive clerk isguided bySenate Rule XXV, which establishes the subject mattersmatter under the purviewof eachcommittee and directs that “all proposed legislation, messages, petitions,memorials,and other matters relating primarily to [those] subjects” be referred to thatcommittee.The executive clerk is also guided by precedents set by prior referrals
and standing and by standing
orders and unanimous consent (UC) agreements pertaining to referralof nominations.
Most nominations are referred to one committee. For some positions, a
nomination or series of nominations to a position are referred to more than one
committee, pursuant to a standing order or, a UC agreement. , or a statutory provision.
A nomination may bejointly or sequentially referred to multiple committees.
Joint referral Joint
referral has generally occursoccurred when more than one committee has had a claim to
jurisdiction over the subject matter related to the position. Under joint referral, the
committees receive the nomination simultaneously and may consider it concurrently.
All committees to which a nomination is referred must report itmust report the nomination to the full Senate or
be discharged from its further consideration before it may beconsidered on the floor.
Sequential referral has generally occursoccurred when one committee has had predominant
jurisdiction over the subject matter related to the position, but other committees have
had a claim as well. Under this process, a nomination is referred to the committee with
with predominant jurisdiction first and then isis then sequentially referred to additional
committees. The second referralConsideration of subsequent referrals can be subject to a time limit afterwhich thecommittee or committees without primarywithout predominant jurisdiction isare automaticallydischarged from furtherconsideration of the nomination.
This report identifies, by Senate committee, presidentially appointed positions
requiring Senate confirmation based on referrals as of October 31, 2007. For each
. For each committee list, positions are categorized asfull- or part-time and then grouped bydepartment or agency. Where nominationshave been referred to more than onecommittee, the organizations and titles are notedunder each of the committees towhich the nominations were referred. The lists alsoinclude the lengths of fixedterms, where applicable. Some commissions, councils,and other multi-memberentities are required, by their enabling statutestatutes, to maintainpolitical balance in someway. This is noted in parentheses where applicable.
The information provided in this report was compiled from the Senate
nominations database of the Legislative Information System, data provided on
departmental and agency web siteswebsites, telephone conversations with agency officials,
and and
the United States Code. Related information may be found in CRS Report 98242, 98-242,
Committee Jurisdiction and Referral in the Senate, by Judy Schneider; and CRS
Report RL31980, Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee
and Floor Procedure, by Elizabeth Rybicki.
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Referral of Nomination to Senate Committee . . . . . .Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Organization of the Report . . .5
Senate Committee on Armed Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry . . .Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Senate Committee on Armed Servicesthe Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . 14
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1315
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1719
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1921
Senate Committee on Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2224
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2528
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs . . . . . . .Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3233
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs . . . . . . . . 38
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3642
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3743
Senate Committee on the Judiciary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3844
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4148
Senate Committee on Small Business . . . . . .and Entrepreneurship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4249
Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4350
Presidential Appointee Positions
Requiring Senate Confirmation and
Committees Handling the Nominations
IntroductionIntroduction1
Under the Constitution, the President and the Senate share the power to appoint
the principal officers of the United States. Almost all of the highest-level political
appointee positions in the federal government are filled by these officers.12 Three
distinct stages mark the appointment process — selection and nomination by the
President, consideration of the nomination by the Senate, and, if the nominee is
confirmed, official appointment by the President.23 During the confirmation process
in the Senate, a nomination is first referred to committeeone or more committees. Then, if the committee
reports
committee or committees report the nomination to the full Senate, the nominationor are discharged
from further consideration of the nomination, it is placed on the Senate’s
Executive Executive
Calendar and may be called up for floor consideration.34 The followingpages brieflydescribe the referral process and identify, for each committee to whichreferrals arehave
been made, the positions that fallhave fallen within the committee’s jurisdiction.
Referral of Nomination to Senate Committee4
The President submits most nominations to the Senate when the Senate is in
session. The Nominations to Senate Committees5
As part of the process of making an appointment to an advice and consent
position, the President usually submits a nomination to the Senate. The Senate’s
executive clerk refers the nomination to the appropriate committee orcommittees onthe day it is received. When making a referral, the executive clerk isguided bySenate Rule XXV, which establishes the subject matters under the purviewof eachcommittee and directs that “all proposed legislation, messages, petitions,memorials,and other matters relating primarily to [those] subjects” be referred to that
1 committee.
The executive clerk is also guided by precedents set by prior referrals and by standing
orders and unanimous consent (UC) agreements pertaining to referral of nominations.
1
Michael Kerwin, a former CRS research assistant, also contributed to this report.
2
Positions in the White House Office to which the President makes appointments without
the need for Senate confirmation are important exceptions.
2
3
In the final, official appointment stage, a confirmed nominee is given a commission signed
by the President, with the seal of the United States affixed thereto, and is sworn into office.
For more information on the appointment process generally for so-called advice and consent
positions, see CRS Report RL30910, Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions on
Regulatory and Other Collegial Boards and Commissions, 107th Congress, by Henry B.
Hogue; CRS Report RL31435, Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in
Independent and Other Agencies During the 107th Congress, by Henry B. Hogue; or CRS
Report RL31346, Presidential Appointments to Full-Time Positions in Executive
Departments During the 107th Congress, 2001-2002, by Henry B. Hogue.
34
For more information on the Senate confirmation process, see CRS Report RL31980,
Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure, by
Elizabeth Rybicki.
45
For more information on Senate committee referrals generally, see CRS Report 98-242,
GOV, Committee Jurisdiction and Referral in the Senate, by Judy Schneider.
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committee. The executive clerk is also guided by precedents set by prior referrals
and standing orders and unanimous consent (UC) agreements pertaining to referral
of nominations.
Most nominations are sent to a single committee. Occasionally, the Senate
agrees has
agreed, by unanimous consent or, by standing order, or by statute, to refer one or moreto refer a nomination or some
nominations to more than one committee. Some UC agreements provideprovided for such a
a multiple referral only in the case of a specific nomination, while other UC
agreements applyapplied to all future nominations to a particular position.
Nominations that are referred to more than one committee may be referred
jointly or sequentially. If a nomination is referred jointly, the committees receive it
simultaneously and may consider it concurrently. All committees to which a
nomination is referred must report itmust report the
nomination to the full Senate or be discharged from its
further consideration before it may be considered on the floor. In the caseof asequential referral, the nomination is referred first to the committee of
predominant predominant
jurisdiction and referred sequentially to other committees as specifiedby the UCagreement or standing order. UC agreements for sequential referral canstipulate thatthe nomination must be reported out of the second committee withina specifiedperiod of time (usually 20 days), or else that committee will be
automatically automatically
discharged from further consideration of the nomination.
Joint referral of a nomination occurshas usually occurred when more than onecommittee appears to
have aappear to have had relatively equal jurisdictional claim. Nominations to five positions — two
in the Department of Commerce, and one each in the Department of Energy,
Department of the Interior, and Department of Labor — have been referred jointly
to two committees during the nominations cycle that began at the start of the 107th
Congress.5
Sequential referral is more likely when jurisdictional predominance appears to
favor one committee, but other committees also have some jurisdictional claim on
the nomination. In those instances, the nomination may be referred to the committee
with predominant jurisdiction, and, after being reported to the full Senate by that
committee, it may be referred sequentially to other committees. Since the beginning
of the 107th Congress, sequential referral has been agreed to, by unanimous consent,
for most inspector general (IG) nominations and the nomination for Assistant
Secretary of Homeland Security for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.6
5
The positions include Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Assistant
Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service;
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management; Assistant Secretary of the
Interior for Fish and Wildlife; and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment
and Training.
6
In most cases, each IG nomination was referred to the committee with predominant
jurisdiction over the particular IG’s department and referred sequentially to the Committee
on Governmental Affairs. The Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency,
however, is referred only to the Select Committee on Intelligence. Also, IG nominations for
departments within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Governmental Affairs were referred
(continued...)
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In some instances, different committees have jurisdiction over different
positions within the same department or agency. (For details, see the committee
presentations that follow.) For example, six committees have jurisdiction over
positions in the Department of Commerce, and four committees have jurisdiction
over positions in the Department of the Interior. Usually, however, one committee
has jurisdiction over most positions in a department or agency.
Organization of the Report
This report identifies, by Senate committee, positions over which each
committee has jurisdiction. For each committee list, positions are categorized as fullor part-time and then grouped by department or agency. Where nominations have
been referred to more than one committee, the organizations and titles are noted
under each of the committees to which the nominations were referred. A footnote
indicates the authority under which the referral to multiple committees was made.
Policy areas are not specified in statute for some of the sub-secretary positions.
The policy areas shown in the listings for such positions are drawn from the text of
presidential nomination messages and information from agency officials. In these
cases, titles and specific responsibilitiesclaims. Since at least
the beginning of the 109th Congress, nominations to eight positions — two each in
the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget, and one
each in the Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Department of Labor,
and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation — have been referred jointly to two
committees.6
Sequential referral has been more likely when jurisdictional predominance
appeared to favor one committee, but other committees also have had some
jurisdictional claim on the nomination. In those instances, the nomination has
usually been referred to the committee with predominant jurisdiction, and, after being
reported to the full Senate by that committee, it has been referred sequentially to
other committees. Since at least the beginning of the 109th Congress, the Senate has
agreed, by unanimous consent, to refer sequentially nominations to most inspector
general (IG) positions,7 as well as four other positions — one in the Department of
6
The positions are Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion/Director General of the U.S. and Foreign
Commercial Service; Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Deputy Director
of the Office of Management and Budget; Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental
Management; Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service; and Director of the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
7
On January 9, 2007, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the department, agency or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar
days, except that in cases when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the
committee shall have an additional 5 calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the
(continued...)
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Defense, one in the Department of Justice, and two in the Department of Homeland
Security.8
In a small number of cases, nominations have been referred to more than one
committee on an ad hoc basis by unanimous consent. A 2004 nomination for Under
Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, for example, was first referred to the
Committee on Finance. After the committee had reported the nomination, it was
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and
simultaneously re-referred to the Committee on Finance, pursuant to a UC
agreement.9 A 2006 nomination to be Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence
and Research was initially referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Two
days after this referral, the committee was discharged from further consideration of
the nomination, and the nomination was referred to the Select Committee on
Intelligence by unanimous consent.10 Also in 2006, a nomination to the position of
Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects was initially
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Two weeks
later, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, to discharge this committee from
further consideration of the nomination, and to then refer the nomination to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.11
In some instances, different committees have exercised jurisdiction over
different positions within the same department or agency. (For details, see the
committee presentations that follow.) For example, six committees have jurisdiction
over positions in the Department of Commerce, and four committees have
jurisdiction over positions in the Department of the Interior. Usually, however, one
committee has jurisdiction over most positions in a department or agency.
7
(...continued)
nomination and that if the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the
nomination be automatically discharged and placed on the executive calendar.” Sen. Harry
Reid, “Executive Nominations,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition,
vol. 153, January 9, 2007, p. S310.
8
These sequentially referred nominations include those to be the Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Civil Works, which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works; the Assistant Attorney General for the
National Security Division, which was referred to Committee on the Judiciary and the Select
Committee on Intelligence; the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which was referred, in two cases, to the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary; and
the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Transportation Security
Administration, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
9
Sen. Bill Frist, “Referral of Nominations,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record,
daily edition, vol. 150, July 8, 2004, p. S7864.
10
Sen. Mitch McConnell, “Referral of Discharged Nomination,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 152, June 14, 2006, p. S5898.
11
Sen. Mitch McConnell, “Discharge and Referral,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, daily edition, vol. 152, June 29, 2006, p. S7176.
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The appointment provisions for certain executive branch chief financial officers
(CFOs) are unusual. The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, covers
CFOs in 24 specified departments and agencies. Of these, 16 positions may be filled
through appointment by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or
through designation by the President from among agency officials who have been
confirmed by the Senate for other positions.12 These CFO positions are identified
under the appropriate committees in this report.
Organization of the Report
This report identifies, for each Senate committee to which nominations have
been referred during recent Congresses, the positions over which the committee has
exercised jurisdiction. The lists are based on referrals through October 31, 2007. For
each committee list, positions are categorized as full- or part-time and then grouped
by department or agency. Where nominations have been referred to more than one
committee, the organizations and titles are noted under each of the committees to
which the nominations were referred. A footnote indicates the authority under which
the referral to multiple committees was made.
Policy areas are not specified in statute for some of the sub-secretary positions.
The policy areas shown in the listings for such positions are drawn from the text of
presidential nomination messages and information from agency officials. In these
cases, titles, specific responsibilities, and referral patterns may change over time.
Most appointments to departments and single-headed agencies are characterized
by an indefinite tenure; office holders serve at the pleasure of the President. In
contrast, terms of office for appointments to multi-member entities, such as
commissions and boards, are often for fixed periods of time. For those positions that
have fixed terms of office, the lists include the lengths of the terms.
Some commissions, councils, and other multi-member entities are required, by
their enabling statutestatutes, to maintain political balance in some way. This is noted in
parentheses where applicable.
The information provided in this report was compiled from the Senate
nominations database of the Legislative Information System,713 which covers the 97th108th Congresses,spans the 97th
Congress to the present; data provided on departmental and agency web sites, telephone
websites;
telephone conversations with agency officials, and the United States Code.
6
(...continued)
only to that committee. The Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement was referred to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs and referred sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary.
7
The database may be found at [http://www.congress.gov/nomis/].
CRS-4; and the United States Code.
12
31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1). For more information, see CRS Report RL31965, Financial
Management in the Federal Government: Efforts to Improve Performance, by Virginia A.
McMurtry; and CRS Report RL32550, Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act:
History and Recent Developments, by Virginia A. McMurtry.
13
This database, which is accessible to Congress, is available at [http://www.congress.gov/
nomis/]. A similar, publicly available database is available at [http://thomas.loc.gov/home/
nomis.html].
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Senate Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry
Full-Time Positions
Department of Agriculture8Agriculture14
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Farm and Foreign Agricultural ServiceServices
Under Secretary — Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
Under Secretary — Food Safety
Under Secretary — Marketing and Regulatory Programs
Under Secretary — Natural Resources and Environment
Under Secretary — Research, Education, and Economics
Under Secretary — Rural Development
Administrator — Rural Utilities Services
Assistant Secretary — Administration
Assistant Secretary — Civil Rights
Assistant Secretary — Congressional Relations
Chief Financial Officer9Officer15
General Counsel
Inspector General10
DirectorsGeneral16
Director — Commodity Credit Corporation (seven positions; current members
are also Under Secretaries — In addition, the
Secretary of Agriculture is an ex-officio director and chair of the board.)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year termterms of office; chair — Chair, who must first
first be confirmed as a commissioner, also needs to be confirmed.)
Farm Credit Administration (political balance required)
Member — three positions (six-year termterms of office)
8
See14
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
9
The
15
This chief financial officer may be appointed by the is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consentof the Senate, or may be designatedthrough designation by the Presidentfrom among agency officials who havebeen confirmed by the Senate for another position other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
16
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
CRS-6901(a)(1)).
10
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
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Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry (cont.)
Part-Time Positions
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac), Board of Directors
Member — five (of 15 total) positions (indefinite termterms of office; political
balance required)
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Senate Committee on Armed Services
Full-Time Positions
Department of Defense11
Military Officers (commissions and promotions)Defense17
Office of the Secretary
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
Under Secretary — Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer12Officer18
Under Secretary — Intelligence
Under Secretary — Personnel and Readiness
Under Secretary — Policy
Deputy Under Secretary — Acquisition and TechnologyLogistics and Materiel Readiness
Deputy Under Secretary — Logistics and Materiel Readiness
Acquisition and Technology
Principal Deputy Under Secretary — Personnel and Readiness
Principal Deputy Under Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — HealthAsian and Pacific Security Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Homeland DefenseGlobal Security Affairs
Assistant Secretary — International Security AffairsHealth Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Homeland Defense
Assistant Secretary — International Security PolicyAffairs
Assistant Secretary — Legislative Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Networks and Information Integration/Chief Information
Officer
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Reserve Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflicts
Assistant to the Secretary — Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense
Programs
Director — Defense Research and Engineering
Director — Operational Test and Evaluation
General Counsel
Inspector General13
11General19
17
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspectorgeneral position).
12
The
18
This chief financial officer may be appointed by the is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consentof the Senate, or may be designatedthrough designation by the Presidentfrom among agency officials who havebeen confirmed by the Senate for another position other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
19
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Armed Services (cont.)
Department of Defense (cont.)
Military Officers (commissions and promotions)
901(a)(1)).
13
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
(continued...)
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Senate Committee on Armed Services (cont.)
Department of Defense (cont.)
Department of the Air Force
Secretary
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Acquisition
Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and Comptroller
Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Installations, Environment, and Logistics
General Counsel
Department of the Army
Secretary
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Civil Works14
Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and ComptrollerAcquisition, Logistics, and Technology
Assistant Secretary — Civil Works20
Assistant Secretary — Acquisition, Logistics, and TechnologyFinancial Management and Comptroller
Assistant Secretary — Installations and Environment
Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
General Counsel
Department of the Navy
Secretary
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Financial Management and Comptroller
Assistant Secretary — Installations and Environment
Assistant Secretary — Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Research, Development, and Acquisition
General Counsel
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chair (two-year term of office)
Vice Chair (two-year term of office)
Chief of Staff (Air Force) (four-year term of office)
Chief of Staff (Army) (four-year term of office)
Chief of Naval Operations (four-year term of office)
Commandant of the Marine Corps (four-year term of office)
13
(...continued)
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
14
The most recent nomination to this post was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
and referred sequentially to the Committee Environment and Public Works pursuant to a
unanimous consent agreement of Mar. 11, 2003. Sen. Rick Santorum, “Unanimous Consent
Agreement — Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily
edition, vol. 149, Mar. 11, 2003, p. S3557.
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Senate Committee on Armed Services (cont.)
Department of Energy15
Under Secretary — Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear
Security Administration
Deputy Administrator — Defense Programs and National Nuclear Security
Administration
Deputy Administrator — Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
Assistant Secretary — Environmental Management16
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (political balance required)
Member — five positions (five-year term
20
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
sequentially to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Environment and
Public Works. On March 10, 2005, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, that “when
the nomination for the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works is received by the Senate, it be
referred to the Committee on Armed Services; provided that when the Committee on Armed
Services reports the nomination it be referred to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works for a period of 20 days of session; provided further that if the Committee on
Environment and Public Works does not report the nomination within those 20 days, the
committee be discharged from further consideration of the nomination and the nomination
be placed on the Calendar.” Sen. Mitch McConnell, “Unanimous Consent Agreement —
Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 151,
March 10, 2005, p. S2499.
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Senate Committee on Armed Services (cont.)
Department of Defense (cont.)
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chair (two-year term of office)
Vice Chair (two-year term of office)
Chief of Staff (Air Force) (four-year term of office)
Chief of Staff (Army) (four-year term of office)
Chief of Naval Operations (four-year term of office)
Commandant of the Marine Corps (four-year term of office)
Department of Energy21
Under Secretary — Nuclear Security/Administrator — National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA)
Principal Deputy Administrator — NNSA
Deputy Administrator — Defense Programs — NNSA
Deputy Administrator — Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation — NNSA
Assistant Secretary — Environmental Management22
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (political balance required)
Member — five positions (five-year terms of office)
Selective Service System
Director
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Services (political balance required)
Judge — five positions (15-year termterms of office)
Part-Time Positions
National Security Education Board
Member — six (of 1213 total) positions (termterms of office not to exceed four years)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Board of Regents
Member — nine positions (six-year termterms of office)
15
See21
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Energy and NaturalResources and Committee on Governmental
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspectorgeneral position).
1622
Nominations to this position are referred jointly to the Committee on Armed Services and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources pursuant to a standing order entered into
by the Senate by unanimous consent on June 28, 1990. Sen. George Mitchell, “Joint
Referral of Department of Energy Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, vol. 136, June 28, 1990, pp. 16573-16574.
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce17Commerce23
Under Secretary — Export AdministrationAdministration24
Under Secretary — International Trade Administration18Trade25
Assistant Secretary — Export EnforcementAdministration
Assistant Secretary — Export AdministrationEnforcement
Assistant Secretary — Trade Development
Assistant Secretary andPromotion/ Director General — United StatesU.S. and Foreign
Commercial Service19Service26
Department of Housing and Urban Development20Development27
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Administration
Assistant Secretary — Community Planning and Development
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Assistant Secretary — Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Assistant Secretary — Housing and /Federal Housing Commissioner
Assistant Secretary — Policy Development and Research
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Public and Indian Housing
Chief Financial Officer21
Director — Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring
17
See also under Officer28
23
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
Transportation; Committee onEnvironment and Public Works,; Committee on Finance, ;
Committee on Governmental
Affairs,Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Committee on the Judiciary.
18
The May 25, 2000 nomination of Robert S. LaRussa to this position was referred jointly
Judiciary.
24
In the Department of Commerce, this position is known as Under Secretary for Industry
and Security.
25
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
jointly to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Finance
Finance pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of June 6, 2000September 20, 2007. Sen. John W. Warner
Kerry, “JointReferral,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 146, June 6,
2000, pp. S4588-4589. The Mar. 29, 2001 nomination of Grant D. Aldonas to this position
was also jointly referred.
19
The Sept. 16, 1993 nomination of Lauri Fitz-Pegado to this position was referred jointly
153, September 20, 2007, p. S11914.
26
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
jointly to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of Sept.
23, 1993. Sen. Paul WellstoneMay
26, 2005. Sen. Bill Frist, “Joint Referral — Nomination of Lauri Fitz-Pegado,”
,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record,daily edition, vol. 139, Sept. 23, 1993, p.
S12462. Other nominations to this position, including the most recent one, in 2001, have
also been jointly referred.
20
21151, May 26, 2005, p. S6061.
27
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspectorgeneral position).
The
28
This chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
(continued...)
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
(cont.)
Department of Housing and Urban Development (cont.)
Director — Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (five-year term of
office)
General Counsel
Inspector General22General29
President — Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
Department of Transportation23Transportation30
Administrator — Federal Transit Administration
Department of the Treasury24Treasury31
Under Secretary — Terrorism and Financial Intelligence32
Assistant Secretary — Financial Institutions
Assistant Secretary — Terrorist Financing
Comptroller of the Currency (five-year term of office)
Director of the Mint (five-year term of office)
Director — Office of Thrift Supervision (five-year term of office)
Assistant Secretary — Financial Institutions
Community Development Financial Institution Fund25
Administrator
22
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
23
See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on
Environment and Public Works and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
24
See also Committee on Finance and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
25
The Community Development Financial Institution (CDBFI) Fund, headed by an
administrator appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, was
created by P.L. 103-325, codified at 12 U.S.C. 4703. Subsequently, P.L. 104-19, providing
funding for the Department of the Treasury for FY1996, stated that “none of the funds shall
be available for expenses of an Administrator ... That the number of staff funded under this
heading shall not exceed 10 full-time equivalents ... [and] that notwithstanding any other
provision of law ... the Secretary of the Treasury shall have all powers and rights of the
Administrator of the CDBFI Act and the Fund shall be within the Department of the
Treasury.” That provision was included in several subsequent appropriations acts. See
12U.S.C.4703 note. At present, the CDBFI is located in the Department of the Treasury and
is led by a director appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs (cont.)
Council of Economic Advisers (Executive Office of the President)
Member — three positions
Export-Import Bank26 (political balance required)
Member — five positions (four-year term of office; chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
Inspector General27
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation28 (political balance required)
Member — three positions (six-year term of office; chair and vice chair, who
first must be confirmed as members, also need to be confirmed)
Inspector General29
Federal Housing Finance Board (political balance required)
Member — four positions (seven-year term of office)
Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors
Governor — seven positions (14-year term of office; chair and vice chair, who
first must be confirmed as governors, also need to be confirmed for fouryear terms in those offices)
National Credit Union Administration (political balance required)
Member — three positions (six-year term of office)
Securities and Exchange Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
National Consumer Cooperative Bank Board of Directors
Member — three (of 15 total) positions (three-year term of office)
National Corporation for Housing Partnerships30
Member — three positions (three-year term of office)
26
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
27
See footnote 22.
28
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
29
See footnote 22.
30
Chapter 49 of Title 42 of the United States Code provides for the creation of certain
private corporations related to low and moderate income housing, and 42 U.S.C. 3934
stipulates that three of 15 members of the board of directors of such a corporation would be
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the President. The last
nomination to the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships was submitted by the
President and confirmed by the Senate in 1997. Information on the current status of this
corporation was unavailable.
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs (cont.)
National Institute of Building Sciences, Board of Directors
Member — 15 to 21 positions (three-year term of office)
Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Board of Directors
Member — five (of seven total) positions (three-year term of office)
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce31
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Economic Affairs
Under Secretary — Oceans and Atmosphere
Under Secretary — Technology
Assistant Secretary — Communications and Information
Assistant Secretary — Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Oceans and Atmosphere
Assistant Secretary — Technology Policy
Assistant Secretary — Administration and Chief Financial Officer32
Assistant Secretary and Director General — U.S. and Foreign Commercial
Service33
Chief Scientist — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Director — National Institute of Standards and Technology
General Counsel
Inspector General34
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — Officer Corps
31
See also under Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on
Environment and Public Works, Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental
Affairs, and Committee on the Judiciary.
32
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
33
The Sept. 16, 1993 nomination of Lauri Fitz-Pegado to this position was referred jointly
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of Sept.
23, 1993. Sen. Paul Wellstone, “Joint Referral — Nomination of Lauri Fitz-Pegado,”
remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 139, Sept. 23, 1993, p.
S12462. Other nominations to this position, including the most recent one, in 2001, have
also been jointly referred.
34
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Department of Homeland Security35
Under Secretary — Border and Transportation Security
Under Secretary — Science and Technology
United States Coast Guard — Commandant
United States Coast Guard — Officers (commissions and promotions)
Department of Transportation36
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — Aviation and International Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer37
Assistant Secretary — Governmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Transportation Policy
Administrator — Federal Aviation Administration (five-year term of office)
Administrator — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Administrator — Federal Railroad Administration
Administrator — Maritime Administration
Administrator — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Administrator — Research and Special Programs Administration
Administrator — St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (seven-year
term of office)
Deputy Administrator — Federal Aviation Administration
Director — Bureau of Transportation Statistics (four-year term of office)
General Counsel
Inspector General38
Consumer Product Safety Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (seven-year term of office; only three of the
positions have been funded and filled since the mid-1980s; chair, who first
must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
35
See also Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental Affairs, Select Committee
on Intelligence, and Committee on the Judiciary. As of Sept. 10, 2003, the President had
submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice and consent positions at the Department
of Homeland Security except nine assistant secretary positions. Nominations to each of
these assistant secretary positions will be referred according to the responsibilities of the
position.
36
See also under Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on
Environment and Public Works, and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
37
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
38
See footnote 34.
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Federal Communications Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
Federal Maritime Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
Federal Trade Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (seven-year term of office)
National Aeronautic and Space Administration39
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Chief Financial Officer
Inspector General40
National Transportation Safety Board (political balance required)
Member — five positions (five-year term of office; chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
Office of Science and Technology Policy (Executive Office of the President)
Director
Associate Director — Science
Associate Director — Technology
Associate Director
Associate Director
Surface Transportation Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions (five-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors (political balance
required)
Member — nine positions (six-year term of office)
Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council
Member — 11 (of 18 total) positions (initial appointments only)41
39
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
40
See footnote 34.
41
The Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council was established by the Air Traffic
Management System Performance Improvement Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-264, Sec. 230; 49
U.S.C. 106(p)(2)). It provided that the “Council shall consist of 18 members,” including 11
who are to be appointed by, “in the case of initial appointments to the Council, the President
(continued...)
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Board of Directors
Member — three positions (six-year term of office; political balance required)
Reform Board (AMTRAK)
Member — seven positions (five-year term of office)
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Advisory Board (political
balance required)
Member — five positions (indefinite term of office)
41
(...continued)
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and ... in the case of subsequent
appointments to the Council, the Secretary of Transportation.” As of Oct. 24, 2003, seven
individuals had been confirmed for membership on the council.
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Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
Full-Time Positions
Department of Energy42
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Energy, Science, and Environment
Under Secretary — Nuclear Security
Administrator — Energy Information Administration
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Assistant Secretary — Environmental Management43
Assistant Secretary — Environment, Safety, and Health
Assistant Secretary — Fossil Energy
Assistant Secretary — Policy and International Affairs
Chief Financial Officer44
Director — Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
Director — Office of Minority Economic Impact
Director — Office of Science
General Counsel
Inspector General45
42
See also under Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Governmental Affairs
(for inspector general position).
43
Nominations to this position are referred jointly to the Committee on Armed Services and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources pursuant to a standing order entered into
by the Senate by unanimous consent on June 28, 1990. Sen. George Mitchell, “Joint
Referral of Department of Energy Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, vol. 136, June 28, 1990, pp. 16573-16574.
44
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
45
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
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Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources (cont.)
Department of the Interior46
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Fish and Wildlife and Parks47
Assistant Secretary — Land and Minerals Management
Assistant Secretary — Policy, Management, and Budget and Chief Financial
Officer48
Assistant Secretary — Water and Science
Commissioner — Bureau of Reclamation
Director — Bureau of Land Management
Director — National Park Service
Director — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Director — U.S. Geological Survey
Inspector General49
Solicitor
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
46
See also Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on Governmental
Affairs (for inspector general position), and Committee on Indian Affairs.
47
On Sept. 13, 2001, the most recent nomination to this position was referred jointly to
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources by unanimous consent. Sen. Harry Reid, “Joint Referral of Nomination,” remarks
in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 147, Sept. 13, 2001, p. S9405.
48
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
49
See footnote 45.
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce50
Assistant Secretary — Economic Development
Department of Defense51
Assistant Secretary — Army — Civil Works52
Department of the Interior53
Assistant Secretary — Fish and Wildlife and Parks54
Director — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Transportation55
Administrator — Federal Highway Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
Federal Cochair
Alternate Federal Cochair
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Member — five positions (five-year term of office; chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
50
See also Committee on Banking, Housing , and Urban Affairs, Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental Affairs,
and Committee on the Judiciary.
51
See also Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for
inspector general position).
52
The most recent nomination to this post was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
and then referred sequentially to the Committee Environment and Public Works pursuant
to a unanimous consent agreement of March 11, 2003. Sen. Rick Santorum, “Unanimous
Consent Agreement — Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, daily edition, vol. 149, March 11, 2003, p. S3557.
53
See also Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Committee on Governmental
Affairs (for inspector general position), and Committee on Indian Affairs.
54
On Sept. 13, 2001, the most recent nomination to this position was referred jointly to
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources by unanimous consent. Sen. Harry Reid, “Joint Referral of Nomination,” remarks
in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 147, Sept. 13, 2001, p. S9405.
55
See also Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Committee on Governmental
Affairs (for inspector general position), and Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works (cont.)
Council on Environmental Quality (Executive Office of the President)
Chair
Delta Regional Authority
Federal Cochair
Environmental Protection Agency56
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Assistant Administrator — Administration and Resources Management
Assistant Administrator — Air and Radiation
Assistant Administrator — Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Assistant Administrator — Environmental Information
Assistant Administrator — International Affairs
Assistant Administrator — Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Assistant Administrator — Research and Development
Assistant Administrator — Solid Waste
Assistant Administrator — Water
Assistant Administrator
Chief Financial Officer57
General Counsel
Inspector General58
Nuclear Regulatory Commission59 (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
Inspector General60
56
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
57
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
58
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
59
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
60
See footnote 58.
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works (cont.)
Tennessee Valley Authority61
Member — three positions (nine-year term of office)
Inspector General62
Part-Time Positions
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (six-year term of office)
Mississippi River Commission
Commissioner — four positions (indefinite term of office)
Commissioner — three positions (nine-year term of office)
61
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
62
See footnote 58.
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Senate Committee on Finance
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce63
Under Secretary — International Trade Administration64
Assistant Secretary — Import Administration
Assistant Secretary — Market Access and Compliance
Department of Health and Human Services65
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Administrator — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Assistant Secretary — Children and Families
Assistant Secretary — Legislation
Assistant Secretary — Budget, Technology, and Finance and Chief Financial
Officer66
Assistant Secretary — Planning and Evaluation
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Commissioner — Children, Youth, and Families
General Counsel
Inspector General67
63
See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on
Governmental Affairs, and Committee on the Judiciary.
64
The May 25, 2000 nomination of Robert S. LaRussa to this position was referred jointly
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Finance
pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of June 6, 2000. Sen. John W. Warner, “Joint
Referral,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 146, June 6,
2000, pp. S4588-4589. The Mar. 29, 2001 nomination of Grant D. Aldonas to this position
was also jointly referred.
65
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position), Committee
on Health, Education , Labor, and Pensions, and Committee on Indian Affairs.
66
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
67
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
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Senate Committee on Finance (cont.)
Department of Homeland Security68
Commissioner — Customs
Department of the Treasury69
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Domestic Finance
Under Secretary — Enforcement
Under Secretary — International Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Economic Policy
Assistant Secretary — Enforcement
Assistant Secretary — Financial Markets
Assistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer70
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs and Public Liaison
Assistant Secretary — Tax Policy
Chief Counsel — Internal Revenue Service/Assistant General Counsel for Tax
Commissioner — Internal Revenue (five-year term of office)
Deputy Under Secretary — International Affairs
Deputy Under Secretary — Legislative Affairs
General Counsel
Inspector General71
Inspector General — Tax Administration72
Treasurer — United States
Office of United States Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)
U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Chief Agricultural Negotiator
68
See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on
Governmental Affairs, Select Committee on Intelligence, and Committee on the Judiciary.
As of Sept. 10, 2003, the President had submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice
and consent positions at the Department of Homeland Security except nine assistant
secretary positions. Nominations to each of these assistant secretary positions will be
referred according to the responsibilities of the position.
69
See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Committee on
Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
70
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
71
See footnote 67.
72
See footnote 67.
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Senate Committee on Finance (cont.)
Social Security Administration73
Commissioner (six-year term of office)
Deputy Commissioner (six-year term of office)
Inspector General74
United States International Trade Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — six positions (nine-year term of office)
United States Tax Court
Judge — 19 positions (15-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance
required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year term of office)
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance Trust
Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year term of office)
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees
(political balance required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year term of office)
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board
Member — six (of nine total) positions (five-year term of office)
Social Security Advisory Board (political balance required)
Member — three (of seven total) positions (six-year term of office)
73
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
74
See footnote 67.
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Full-Time Positions
Department of State75
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Secretary — Management and Resources
Under Secretary — Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Under Secretary — Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
Under Secretary — Global Affairs
Under Secretary — Management
Under Secretary — Political Affairs
Under Secretary — Public Diplomacy
Assistant Secretary — Administration
Assistant Secretary — African Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Arms Control
Assistant Secretary — Consular Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Diplomatic Security
Assistant Secretary — East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Economic and Business Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Educational and Cultural Affairs
Assistant Secretary — European Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Intelligence and Research
Assistant Secretary — International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Assistant Secretary — International Organizations
Assistant Secretary — Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Near Eastern Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Non-Proliferation
Assistant Secretary — Oceans and International Environmental and Science
Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Political and Military Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Population, Refugee, and Migration Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — South Asian Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Verification and Compliance
Assistant Secretary — Western Hemisphere Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Resource Management
Ambassador-at-Large — International Religious Freedom
Ambassador-at-Large — War Crimes Issues
Chief Financial Officer76
Coordinator — Counterterrorism
75
76
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Department of State (cont.)
Counselor
Director General — Foreign Service
Director — Office of Foreign Missions
Inspector General77
Legal Adviser
Special Negotiator — Chemical and Biological Arms Control
Special Representative — Nuclear Nonproliferation
Ambassadors/Foreign Service Officers
Office of U.S. Representative to the United Nations
U.S. Permanent Representative and Chief of Mission — United Nations
U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative — United Nations
U.S. Representative — United Nations Economic and Social Council
U.S. Alternate Representative — United Nations Special Political Affairs
U.S. Representative — United Nations Management and Reform
U.S. Representative — European Office of the United Nations
U.S. Representative — Vienna Office of the United Nations (also serves as a
representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency)
U.S. Representative — International Atomic Energy Agency
U.S. Deputy Representative — International Atomic Energy Agency
U.S. Representative to sessions of the General Assembly and other United
Nations Bodies — numerous positions (term of office depends on length
of session)
Agency for International Development78
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Assistant Administrator — Sub-Saharan Africa
Assistant Administrator — Asia and Near East
Assistant Administrator — Europe and Eurasia
Assistant Administrator — Global Health
Assistant Administrator — Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
Assistant Administrator — Latin America and Caribbean
77
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
78
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Agency for International Development (cont.)
Assistant Administrator — Legislative and Public Affairs
Assistant Administrator — Management
Assistant Administrator — Policy and Program Coordination
Assistant Administrator — Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade
Inspector General79
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
U.S. Executive Director
International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors
Director
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada
Commissioner — three positions
International Monetary Fund
U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office)
Inter-American Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (three-year term of office; also serves as U.S.
Executive Director for Inter-American Investment Corporation)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (three-year term of office also serves as U.S.
Alternate Executive Director for Inter-American Investment Corporation)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S. Permanent Representative
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
President
Executive Vice President
Member, Board of Directors — eight (of 15 total) positions (three-year term of
office)
Trade and Development Agency
Director
Organizations with Full- and Part-Time Positions80
African Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (five-year term of office; full-time)
Governor and Alternate Governor (five-year term of office; part-time)
79
80
See footnote 77.
Because several organizations under this committee have both full- and part-time advice
and consent positions, they were listed under this heading for convenience.
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Asian Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (full-time)
Governor and Alternate Governor (part-time)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office; full-time; also serves as U.S.
Executive Director for the International Finance Corporation and the
International Development Association)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office; full-time; also
serves as U.S. Alternate Executive Director for the International Finance
Corporation and the International Development Association)
Governor (same individual as the International Monetary Fund Governor; fiveyear term of office; part-time; also serves as Governor for the International
Finance Corporation and the International Development Association)
Alternate Governor (five-year term of office; part-time; also serves as Alternate
Governor for the International Finance Corporation and the International
Development Association)
Peace Corps
Director (full-time)
Deputy Director (full-time)
Member, Peace Corps National Advisory Council — 15 positions (part-time;
political balance required)
Part-Time Positions
Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (three-year term of office)
African Development Foundation, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — seven positions (six-year term of office)
African Development Fund
Governor and Alternate Governor
Broadcasting Board of Governors (political balance required)
Member — eight (of nine total) positions (three-year term of office)
Inter-American Foundation, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (six-year term of office)
Middle East Development Bank
Governor and Alternate Governor
U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (political balance required)
Commissioner — seven positions (three-year term of office)
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Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce81
Director — Bureau of the Census
Department of Homeland Security82
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Management
Under Secretary — Emergency Preparedness and Response
Assistant Secretary — Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement83
Assistant Secretary — Border and Transportation Security Policy
Assistant Secretary — Plans, Programs, and Budgets
Director — Office for Domestic Preparedness
General Counsel
Inspector General
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to the District of Columbia
Director (six-year term of office)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals (15-year term of office)
Chief Judge
Judges — eight positions
District of Columbia Superior Court (15-year term of office)
Chief Judge
Judges — 58 positions
Federal Labor Relations Authority (political balance required)
Members — three positions (five-year term of office)
General Counsel (five-year term of office)
81
See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on
Finance, and Committee on the Judiciary.
82
See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on Finance,
Select Committee on Intelligence, and Committee on the Judiciary. As of Sept. 10, 2003,
the President had submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice and consent positions
at the Department of Homeland Security except nine assistant secretary positions.
Nominations to each of these assistant secretary positions will be referred according to the
responsibilities of the position.
83
The first nomination to this new position was referred to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs and referred sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary pursuant to a unanimous
consent agreement of June 13, 2003. Sen. Bill Frist, “Sequential Referral of Nomination,”
remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, June 13, 2003, p.
S7903.
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Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (cont.)
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General (15-year term of office)
Deputy Comptroller General84
General Services Administration
Administrator
Inspector General
Merit Systems Protection Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions; (seven-year term of office; chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
National Archives and Records Administration
Archivist
Office of Government Ethics
Director (five-year term of office)
Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)
Director
Deputy Director
Deputy Director — Management
Administrator — Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Administrator — Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Controller — Office of Federal Financial Management
Office of Personnel Management
Director (four-year term of office)
Deputy Director
Inspector General
Office of Special Counsel
Special Counsel (five-year term of office)
Postal Rate Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (six-year term of office)
Most Other Inspectors General85
84
The term of the Deputy Comptroller General expires upon the appointment of a new
Comptroller General, or when a successor is appointed (31 U.S.C. 703(b)).
85
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
(continued...)
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Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (cont.)
Part-Time Positions
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Member — five positions (four-year term of office)
Special Panel on Appeals
Chair (six-year term of office)
United States Postal Service Board of Governors (political balance required)
Governor — nine positions (nine-year term of office)
85
(...continued)
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions
Full-Time Positions
Department of Education86
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Civil Rights
Assistant Secretary — Educational Research and Improvement
Assistant Secretary — Elementary and Secondary Education
Assistant Secretary — Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Legislation and Congressional Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Management
Assistant Secretary — Postsecondary Education
Assistant Secretary — Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Assistant Secretary — Vocational and Adult Education
Chief Financial Officer87
Commissioner — Education Statistics (four-year term of office)
Commissioner — Rehabilitation Services Administration
General Counsel
Inspector General88
Department of Health and Human Services89
Administrator — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Assistant Secretary — Administration on Aging
Assistant Secretary — Public Health and Science
Commissioner — Food and Drug Administration
Director — National Institutes of Health
Surgeon General (four-year term of office)
Public Health Service — Officer Corps
86
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
87
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
88
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
89
See also Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position), and Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Department of Labor90
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Administration and Management
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Disability Employment Policy
Assistant Secretary — Employee Benefits Security Administration
Assistant Secretary — Employment and Training Administration
Assistant Secretary — Employment Standards Administration
Assistant Secretary — Mine Safety and Health Administration
Assistant Secretary — Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Assistant Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Veterans’ Employment and Training91
Administrator — Wage and Hour Division
Chief Financial Officer92
Commissioner — Bureau of Labor Statistics
Director — Women’s Bureau
Inspector General93
Solicitor
Corporation for National and Community Service94
Chief Executive Officer
Managing Director
Managing Director
Chief Financial Officer
Inspector General95
90
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position) and
Committee on Veterans Affairs.
91
On Sept. 5, 2001, the most recent nomination to this position was referred jointly to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs pursuant to unanimous consent agreements of Aug. 3, 2001, and Sept. 5, 2001. Sen.
Harry Reid, “Referral of Frederico Juarbe, Jr.,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, daily edition, vol. 147, Aug. 3, 2001, p. S8893; Sen. Harry Reid, “Unanimous
Consent Agreement — Nominations,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily
edition, vol. 147, Sept. 5, 2001, p. S9127.
92
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
93
See footnote 88.
94
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
95
See footnote 88.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year term of office)
General Counsel (four-year term of office)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Director
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Commissioner — five positions (six-year term of office)
National Foundation for the Arts and Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts — Chair (four-year term of office)
National Endowment for the Humanities — Chair (four-year term of office)
Institute of Museum Services — Director
National Labor Relations Board (Political balance is not required, but, by tradition,
no more than three members are from the same party)
Member — five positions (five-year term of office)
General Counsel (four-year term of office)
National Mediation Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions (three-year term of office)
National Science Foundation
Director (six-year term of office)
Deputy Director
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Member — three positions (six-year term of office)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (Executive Office of the President)96
Deputy Director — Demand Reduction
Railroad Retirement Board97
Member — three positions (five-year term of office; chair, who first must be
appointed as a member, also needs to be confirmed)
Inspector General98
96
See also Committee on the Judiciary.
97
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
98
See footnote 88.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Part-Time Positions
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, Board
of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year term of office)
Corporation for National and Community Service, Board of Directors (political
balance required)
Member — 15 positions (five-year term of office)
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance
required)
Member — eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year term of office)
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political
balance required)
Member — six (of 13 total) positions (six-year term of office)
Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — 11 positions (three-year term)
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
Member — 14 (of 15 total) positions (five-year term of office)
National Council on Disability
Member — 15 positions (three-year term of office)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Council on the Arts
Member — 14 positions (of 21 total) positions (six-year term of office)
National Council on the Humanities
Member — 26 positions (of 27 total) positions (six-year term of office)
National Museum Services Board
Member — 14 positions (of 15 total) positions (five-year term of office)
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board
Member — 10 positions (three-year term of office)
National Science Board (National Science Foundation)
Member — 24 positions (six-year term of office)
United States Institute of Peace, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — 12 (of 15 total) positions (four-year term of office)
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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Health and Human Services99
Director — Indian Health Service (four-year term of office)
Commissioner — Administration for Native Americans
Department of the Interior100
Assistant Secretary — Indian Affairs
Chair — National Indian Gaming Commission
Special Trustee — American Indians
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Commissioner (two-year term of office)
Part-Time Positions
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
Board of Trustees
Member — 13 (voting) positions (six-year term of office)
99
See also Committee on Finance, Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position), and Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
100
See also Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Committee on Environment and
Public Works, and Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
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Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Full-Time Positions
Department of Homeland Security101
Under Secretary — Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
Central Intelligence Agency
Director
Deputy Director
Deputy Director — Community Management
Assistant Director — Administration
Assistant Director — Analysis and Production
Assistant Director — Collection
General Counsel
Inspector General
101
See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on Finance,
Committee on Governmental Affairs, and Committee on the Judiciary. As of Sept. 10, 2003,
the President had submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice and consent positions
at the Department of Homeland Security except nine assistant secretary positions.
Nominations to each of these assistant secretary positions will be referred according to the
responsibilities of the position.
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Full-Time Positions
Department of Homeland Security102
Assistant Secretary — Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement103
Director — Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department of Justice104
Attorney General
Deputy Attorney General
Associate Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General — Antitrust Division
Assistant Attorney General — Civil Division
Assistant Attorney General — Civil Rights Division
Assistant Attorney General — Criminal Division
Assistant Attorney General — Environment and Natural Resources
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Justice Programs
Assistant Attorney General — Legislative Affairs
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Legal Counsel
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Legal Policy
Assistant Attorney General — Tax Division
Administrator — Drug Enforcement
Administrator — Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Deputy Administrator — Drug Enforcement
Director — Bureau of Justice Assistance
Director — Bureau of Justice Statistics
Director — Community Relations Service (four-year term of office)
Director — Federal Bureau of Investigation (10-year term of office)
Director — National Institute of Justice
Director — Office for Victims of Crime
102
See also Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on Finance,
Committee on Governmental Affairs, and Select Committee on Intelligence. As of Sept. 10,
2003, the President had submitted nominations to the Senate for all advice and consent
positions at the Department of Homeland Security except nine assistant secretary positions.
Nominations to each of these assistant secretary positions will be referred according to the
responsibilities of the position.
103
The first nomination to this new position was referred to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs and referred sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary pursuant to a unanimous
consent agreement of June 13, 2003. Sen. Bill Frist, “Sequential Referral of Nomination,”
remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, June 13, 2003, p.
S7903.
104
Although the Department of Justice is included in the statute that provides presidentially
appointed and Senate-confirmed chief financial officers for all of the major executive branch
agencies (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)), this provision is superseded by 28 U.S.C. 507. The latter
section provides that the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, appointed by the
Attorney General with the approval of the President, shall be the CFO for the Department
of Justice. See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary (cont.)
Department of Justice (cont.)
Director — U.S. Marshals Service
Director — Violence Against Women Office
Inspector General105
Solicitor General
Special Counsel — Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (fouryear term of office)
U.S. Attorney — 93 positions (four-year term of office)
U.S. Marshal — 94 positions (four-year term of office)
Department of Commerce106
Under Secretary — Intellectual Property/Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Chair — (three-year term of office; nominated from among commissioner
members; see additional listing under part-time positions below)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (Executive Office of the President)107
Director
Deputy Director
Deputy Director — State and Local Affairs
Deputy Director — Supply Reduction
United States Circuit Court
Judges — 179 positions (life tenure)
United States Court of Federal Claims
Judges — 16 positions (15-year term of office)
United States Court of International Trade (life tenure)
Judges — nine positions (political balance required)
105
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
106
See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Committee on Environment
and Public Works, Committee on Finance, and Committee on Governmental Affairs.
107
See also Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary (cont.)
United States District Courts
Judges — 665 positions (most are life tenure; includes four judges in three
territorial courts, who are appointed to 10-year terms of office)
United States Parole Commission
Member — five positions (six-year term)
United States Sentencing Commission
Chair — (six-year term of office; nominated from among commission members
— see additional listing under part-time positions below)
Vice Chair — three positions (six-year term of office; designated from among
commission members — see additional listing under part-time positions
below)
United States Supreme Court
Chief Justice — (life tenure)
Associate Justices — eight positions (life tenure)
Part-Time Positions
Foreign Claims Settlements Commission
Member — three positions (three-year term of office; one of the three members
is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission, as shown
above.)
State Justice Institute, Board of Directors
Director — 11 positions (three-year term of office)
United States Sentencing Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — seven positions (six-year term of office; one of the seven
members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission,
and two others are designated as full-time vice-chairs.)
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Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Full-Time Positions
Architect of the Capitol
Architect
Election Assistance Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — four positions (four-year term of office)108
Federal Election Commission (political balance required)
Commissioners — six positions (six-year term of office)
Government Printing Office
Public Printer
Library of Congress
Librarian
108
The initial terms of office for these new positions will differ from the fixed terms shown
here so as to stagger the terms of the commission membership. The initial terms are
specified in Sec.203(b) of P.L. 107-252.
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Senate Committee on Small Business
Full-Time Positions
Small Business Administration109
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Chief Counsel for Advocacy
Inspector General110
109
110
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994.
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Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Labor111
Assistant Secretary — Veterans Employment and Training112
Department of Veterans Affairs113
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Benefits (four-year term of office)
Under Secretary — Health (four-year term of office)
Under Secretary — Memorial Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Legislative Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Human Resources and Administration
Assistant Secretary — Information and Technology
Assistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer114
Assistant Secretary — Policy and Planning
Assistant Secretary — Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Chair — Board of Veterans Appeals (six-year term of office)
General Counsel
Inspector General115
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Judge — three-seven positions (15-year term of office)
111
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position) and
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
112
On Sept. 5, 2001, the most recent nomination to this position was referred jointly to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Veterans’
Affairs pursuant to unanimous consent agreements of Aug. 3, 2001 and Sept. 5, 2001. Sen.
Harry Reid, “Referral of Frederico Juarbe, Jr.,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, daily edition, vol. 147, Aug. 3, 2001, p. S8893; Sen. Harry Reid, “Unanimous
Consent Agreement — Nominations,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily
edition, vol. 147, Sept. 5, 2001, p. S9127.
113
See also Committee on Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
114
The chief financial officer may be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, or may be designated by the President from among agency officials who have
been confirmed by the Senate for another position (31 U.S.C. 901(a)(1)).
115
On Jan. 15, 2003, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, “that nominations to the
Office of Inspector General, except the Office of Inspector General of the Central
Intelligence Agency, be referred in each case to the committee having primary jurisdiction
over the Department, Agency, or entity, and if and when reported in each case, then to the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for not to exceed 20 calendar days, except that in cases
when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in recess, the committee shall have 5
additional calendar days after the Senate reconvenes to report the nomination [and that] if
the nomination is not reported after the expiration of that period, the nomination be
automatically discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. Bill Frist,
“Unanimous Consent Agreement — Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 15, 2003, p. S994
28
(...continued)
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
29
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
30
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation; Committee on Environment and Public Works; and Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
31
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Finance and Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
32
On April 8, 2004, Stuart Levey was nominated to be Under Secretary for Enforcement.
The nomination was referred to the Committee on Finance, which reported it on May 20.
Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of July 8, the nomination was referred to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and simultaneously re-referred to the
Committee on Finance (Sen. Bill Frist, “Referral of Nominations,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 150, July 8, 2004, p. S7864). The unanimous
consent agreement stated that the agreement was to be specific to the nominations then at
hand. The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs reported the nomination on
July 20, and the Committee on Finance was discharged from further consideration pursuant
to the July 8 agreement. The Senate confirmed the Levey nomination on July 21. The
position of Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes (or Under Secretary for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, as it is known by the Department of the Treasury) was
established by P.L. 108-447, Div. H, Title II, § 222 (118 Stat. 3242) as a successor office
to the Under Secretary for Enforcement, and Levey continued to serve in the new position.
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
(cont.)
Community Development Financial Institution Fund33
Administrator
Council of Economic Advisers (Executive Office of the President)
Member — three positions
Export-Import Bank34 (political balance required)
Member — five positions (four-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
Inspector General35
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation36 (political balance required)
Member — three positions (six-year terms of office — Chair and vice chair,
who first must be confirmed as members, also need to be confirmed.)
Inspector General37
Federal Housing Finance Board (political balance required)
Member — four positions (seven-year terms of office)
Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors
Governor — seven positions (14-year terms of office — Chair and vice chair,
who first must be confirmed as governors, also need to be confirmed for
four-year terms in those offices.)
33
The Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund, headed by an
administrator appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, was
created by P.L. 103-325, codified at 12 U.S.C. § 4703. Subsequently, P.L. 104-19,
providing funding for the Department of the Treasury for FY1996, stated that “none of the
funds shall be available for expenses of an Administrator ... [t]hat the number of staff funded
under this heading shall not exceed 10 full-time equivalents ... [and] that notwithstanding
any other provision of law ... the Secretary of the Treasury shall have all powers and rights
of the Administrator of the CDFI Act and the Fund shall be within the Department of the
Treasury.” That provision was included in several subsequent appropriations acts. See 12
U.S.C. § 4703 note. At present, the CDFI is located in the Department of the Treasury and
is led by a director appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
34
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
35
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
36
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
37
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
(cont.)
National Credit Union Administration (political balance required)
Member — three positions (six-year terms of office)
Securities and Exchange Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)
Part-Time Positions
National Consumer Cooperative Bank, Board of Directors
Member — three (of 15 total) positions (three-year terms of office)
National Institute of Building Sciences, Board of Directors
Member — 15 to 21 positions (three-year terms of office)
Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Board of Directors
Director — five (of seven total) positions (three-year terms of office)
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Senate Committee on the Budget
Full-Time Positions
Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)38
Director39
Deputy Director40
38
For other positions within the Office of Management and Budget, see also Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
39
On October 9, 2004, the Senate agreed to S.Res. 445 (108th Congress), which provided,
in part, as follows: “The Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs shall have joint jurisdiction over the nominations of
persons nominated by the President to fill the positions of Director and Deputy Director for
Budget within the Office of Management and Budget, and if one committee votes to order
reported such a nomination, the other must report within 30 calendar days session, or be
automatically discharged” (§101(e)). Nominations to the positions of Director and Deputy
Director of the Office of Management and Budget were jointly referred to the two
committees during the 109th and 110th Congresses.
40
Ibid.
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce41
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Economic Affairs
Under Secretary — Oceans and Atmosphere/Administrator — National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
Under Secretary — Technology
Assistant Secretary — Administration/Chief Financial Officer42
Assistant Secretary — Communications and Information
Assistant Secretary — Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Manufacturing and Services
Assistant Secretary — Oceans and Atmosphere/Deputy Administrator —
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Assistant Secretary — Technology Policy
Assistant Secretary — Trade Promotion/Director General — U.S. and Foreign
Commercial Service43
Chief Scientist — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Director — National Institute of Standards and Technology
General Counsel
Inspector General44
Officer Corps — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
41
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs; Committee on Environment and Public Works; Committee on Finance;
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Committee on the
Judiciary.
42
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
43
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
jointly to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of May
26, 2005. Sen. Bill Frist, “Joint Referral,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record,
daily edition, vol. 151, May 26, 2005, p. S6061.
44
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Department of Homeland Security45
Under Secretary — Science and Technology
Assistant Secretary/Administrator — Transportation Security Administration46
Commandant — United States Coast Guard
Officers (commissions and promotions) — United States Coast Guard Officers
Department of Transportation47
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — Aviation and International Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer48
Assistant Secretary — Governmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Transportation Policy
Administrator — Federal Aviation Administration (five-year term of office)
Administrator — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Administrator — Federal Railroad Administration
Administrator — Maritime Administration
45
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Finance, Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Committee on the Judiciary. The
Homeland Security Act authorizes not more than 12 assistant secretaries to be appointed by
the President with the advice and consent of the Senate (6 U.S.C. § 113). As of October 31,
2007, some of these potential positions had never been filled. Of the advice and consent
positions established by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
(Title VI of P.L. 109-295), three at the Federal Emergency Management Agency — the
administrator and two of a maximum of four deputy administrators — had not, as of October
31, 2007, been the subject of nomination and referral.
46
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
sequentially to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. On May 19, 2005, the Senate
agreed, by unanimous consent, “that the nomination of Edmund S. Hawley, of California,
to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security be referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science and Transportation, and that, further, upon the reporting out or discharge of the
nomination, the nomination be referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs for a period not to exceed 30 days, after which the nomination, if still
in committee, will be discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. George
Allen, “Referral and Discharge — Nomination of Edmund S. Hawley,” remarks in the
Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 151, May 19, 2005, p. S5547.
47
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs; Committee on Environment and Public Works; and Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
48
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Department of Transportation (cont.)
Administrator — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Administrator — Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Administrator — Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Administrator — St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (seven-year
term of office)
Deputy Administrator — Federal Aviation Administration
General Counsel
Inspector General49
Consumer Product Safety Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (seven-year terms of office — Only three of the
positions have been funded and filled since the mid-1980s; chair, who first
must be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
Federal Communications Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)
Federal Maritime Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)
Federal Trade Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (seven-year terms of office)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration50
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Chief Financial Officer
Inspector General51
National Transportation Safety Board (political balance required)
Member — five positions (five-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
49
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
50
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
51
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation (cont.)
Office of Science and Technology Policy (Executive Office of the President)
Director
Associate Director — Science
Associate Director — Technology
Associate Director
Associate Director
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation
Projects
Federal Coordinator 52
Surface Transportation Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions (five-year terms of office)
Part-Time Positions
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors (political balance
required)
Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Board of Directors
Member — three positions (six-year terms of office; political balance required)
Reform Board (AMTRAK)
Member — seven positions (five-year terms of office)
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Advisory Board (political
balance required)
Member — five positions (indefinite terms of office)
52
A June 12, 2006, nomination to this position was initially referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. On June 29, 2006, the Senate agreed, by
unanimous consent, that “the nomination of Drue Pearce to be the Federal Coordinator for
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects be discharged from the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and be referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.” Sen. Mitch McConnell, “Discharge and Referral,” remarks in the
Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 152, June 29, 2006, p. S7176.
The term of the Federal Coordinator is “to last until 1 year following the completion
of the project referred to in section 103” of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C.
Sec. 720d(b)(1)). Section 103 discusses “an Alaska natural gas transportation project other
than the Alaska natural gas transportation system” (15 U.S.C. 720a(a)).
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Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources
Full-Time Positions
Department of Energy53
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary
Under Secretary — Science
Administrator — Energy Information Administration
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Assistant Secretary — Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Assistant Secretary — Environmental Management54
Assistant Secretary — Fossil Energy
Assistant Secretary — International Affairs and Domestic Policy
Assistant Secretary — Nuclear Energy
Chief Financial Officer55
Director — Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
Director — Office of Economic Impact and Diversity
Director — Office of Science
General Counsel
Inspector General56
53
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Armed Services and
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general
position).
54
Nominations to this position are referred jointly to the Committee on Armed Services and
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources pursuant to a standing order entered into
by the Senate by unanimous consent on June 28, 1990. Sen. George Mitchell, “Joint
Referral of Department of Energy Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, vol. 136, June 28, 1990, pp. 16573-16574.
55
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
56
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources (cont.)
Department of the Interior57
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Fish, Wildlife and Parks58
Assistant Secretary — Land and Minerals Management
Assistant Secretary — Policy, Management, and Budget and Chief Financial
Officer59
Assistant Secretary — Water and Science
Commissioner — Bureau of Reclamation
Director — Bureau of Land Management
Director — National Park Service
Director — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Director — U.S. Geological Survey
Inspector General60
Solicitor
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation
Projects
Federal Coordinator61
57
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Environment and Public
Works, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general
position), and Committee on Indian Affairs.
58
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
jointly to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of April 26,
2007. Sen. Harry Reid, “Joint Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 153, April 26, 2007, p. S5255.
59
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
60
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
61
A June 12, 2006, nomination to this position was initially referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation. On June 29, 2006, the Senate agreed, by
unanimous consent, that “the nomination of Drue Pearce to be the Federal Coordinator for
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects be discharged from the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and be referred to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources.” Sen. Mitch McConnell, “Discharge and Referral,” remarks in the
(continued...)
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce62
Assistant Secretary — Economic Development
Department of Defense63
Assistant Secretary — Army — Civil Works64
Department of the Interior65
Assistant Secretary — Fish, Wildlife and Parks66
Director — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
61
(...continued)
Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 152, June 29, 2006, p. S7176.
The term of the Federal Coordinator is “to last until 1 year following the completion
of the project referred to in section 103” of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C.
Sec. 720d(b)(1)). Section 103 discusses “an Alaska natural gas transportation project other
than the Alaska natural gas transportation system” (15 U.S.C. 720a(a)).
62
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Committee on
Finance; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Committee on
the Judiciary.
63
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Armed Services and
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general
position).
64
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
sequentially to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Environment and
Public Works. On March 10, 2005, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, that “when
the nomination for the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works is received by the Senate, it be
referred to the Committee on Armed Services; provided that when the Committee on Armed
Services reports the nomination it be referred to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works for a period of 20 days of session; provided further that if the Committee on
Environment and Public Works does not report the nomination within those 20 days, the
committee be discharged from further consideration of the nomination and the nomination
be placed on the Calendar.” Sen. Mitch McConnell, “Unanimous Consent Agreement —
Executive Calendar,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 151,
March 10, 2005, p. S2499.
65
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position), and Committee on Indian Affairs.
66
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
jointly to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of April 26,
2007. Sen. Harry Reid, “Joint Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 153, April 26, 2007, p. S5255.
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works (cont.)
Department of Transportation67
Administrator — Federal Highway Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
Federal Cochair
Alternate Federal Cochair
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Member — five positions (five-year terms of office — Chair, who first must be
confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
Council on Environmental Quality (Executive Office of the President)
Chair
Delta Regional Authority
Federal Cochair
Environmental Protection Agency68
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Assistant Administrator — Administration and Resources Management
Assistant Administrator — Air and Radiation
Assistant Administrator — Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Assistant Administrator — Environmental Information
Assistant Administrator — International Affairs
Assistant Administrator — Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
Assistant Administrator — Research and Development
Assistant Administrator — Solid Waste and Emergency Response
Assistant Administrator — Water
Assistant Administrator
Chief Financial Officer69
General Counsel
Inspector General70
67
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position); and Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
68
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
69
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
70
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
(continued...)
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Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works (cont.)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission71 (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)
Inspector General72
Tennessee Valley Authority, Board of Directors73
Member — nine positions (five-year terms of office)
Inspector General74
Part-Time Positions
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)
Mississippi River Commission
Commissioner — four positions (indefinite terms of office)
Commissioner — three positions (nine-year terms of office)
70
(...continued)
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
71
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
72
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
73
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
74
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Finance
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce75
Under Secretary — International Trade76
Assistant Secretary — Import Administration
Assistant Secretary — Market Access and Compliance
Department of Health and Human Services77
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Administrator — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Assistant Secretary — Resources and Technology/Chief Financial Officer78
Assistant Secretary — Children and Families
Assistant Secretary — Legislation
Assistant Secretary — Planning and Evaluation
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Commissioner — Children, Youth, and Families
General Counsel
Inspector General79
75
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Committee on
Environment and Public Works; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs; and Committee on the Judiciary.
76
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
jointly to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on
Finance pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of September 29, 2005. Sen. Bill Frist,
“Joint Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition,
vol. 151, September 29, 2005, p. S10771.
77
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position); Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions; and Committee on Indian Affairs.
78
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
79
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Finance (cont.)
Department of Homeland Security80
Commissioner — U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Department of the Treasury81
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Domestic Finance
Under Secretary — International Affairs
Under Secretary — Terrorism and Financial Intelligence82
Assistant Secretary — Economic Policy
Assistant Secretary — Financial Markets
Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) — International Affairs83
80
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and
Committee on the Judiciary. The Homeland Security Act authorizes not more than 12
assistant secretaries to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the
Senate (6 U.S.C. § 113). As of October 31, 2007, some of these potential positions had
never been filled. Of the advice and consent positions established by the Post-Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Title VI of P.L. 109-295), three at the Federal
Emergency Management Agency — the administrator and two of a maximum of four deputy
administrators — had not, as of October 31, 2007, been the subject of nomination and
referral.
81
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs and Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for
inspector general position).
82
On April 8, 2004, Stuart Levey was nominated to be Under Secretary for Enforcement.
The nomination was referred to the Committee on Finance, which reported it on May 20.
Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of July 8, the nomination was referred to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and simultaneously re-referred to the
Committee on Finance (Sen. Bill Frist, “Referral of Nominations,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 150, July 8, 2004, p. S7864). The unanimous
consent agreement stated that the agreement was to be specific to the nominations then at
hand. The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs reported the nomination on
July 20, and the Committee on Finance was discharged from further consideration pursuant
to the July 8 agreement. The Senate confirmed the Levey nomination on July 21. The
position of Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes (or Under Secretary for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, as it is known by the Department of the Treasury) was
established by P.L. 108-447, Div. H, Title II, § 222 (118 Stat. 3242) as a successor office
to the Under Secretary for Enforcement, and Levey continued to serve in the new position.
83
Under the provisions of 31 U.S.C. § 301(d), the Department of the Treasury has two
deputy under secretaries who are to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. Section 301(d) also provides the “[w]hen appointing each
Deputy Under Secretary, the President may designate the Deputy Under Secretary as an
Assistant Secretary.” As of October 31, 2007, the most recent appointees to Deputy Under
Secretary for International Affairs and Deputy Under Secretary for Legislative Affairs were
identified as assistant secretaries on the Department of Treasury website at
[http://www.ustreas.gov/].
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Senate Committee on Finance (cont.)
Department of the Treasury (cont.)
Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) — Legislative Affairs84
Assistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer85
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs/Director — Policy Planning
Assistant Secretary — Tax Policy
Chief Counsel — Internal Revenue Service/Assistant General Counsel for Tax
Commissioner — Internal Revenue (five-year terms of office)
General Counsel
Inspector General86
Inspector General — Tax Administration87
Treasurer — United States
Office of United States Trade Representative (Executive Office of the President)
U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Chief Agricultural Negotiator
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Director88
84
Ibid.
85
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions (31
U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
86
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
87
88
Ibid.
The Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation was established as a position
to which appointments are made by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate,
by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280, § 411; 120 Stat. 935). The act
provides that “[t]he Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate shall have joint jurisdiction over the
nomination of a person nominated by the President to fill [this position], and if one
committee votes to order reported such a nomination, the other shall report within 30
calendar days, or be automatically discharged” (P.L. 109-280, § 411(c)(1); 120 Stat. 935).
The act also provides that the executive director at the time of enactment, “or any other
individual, may serve as interim Director ... until an individual is appointed as Director”
under the advice and consent process (P.L. 109-280, § 411(d); 120 Stat. 936). The first
nomination to this position was received by the Senate on May 3, 2007, and was referred
as specified in the law.
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Senate Committee on Finance (cont.)
Social Security Administration89
Commissioner (six-year term of office)
Deputy Commissioner (six-year term of office)
Inspector General90
United States International Trade Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — six positions (nine-year terms of office)
United States Tax Court
Judge — 19 positions (15-year terms of office)
Part-Time Positions
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance
required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Disability Insurance Trust
Fund, Board of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, Board of Trustees
(political balance required)
Member — two (of six total) positions (four-year terms of office)
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board
Member — six (of nine total) positions (five-year terms of office)
Social Security Advisory Board (political balance required)
Member — three (of seven total) positions (six-year terms of office)
89
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
90
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Full-Time Positions
Department of State91
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Secretary — Management and Resources
Under Secretary — Arms Control and International Security
Under Secretary — Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs
Under Secretary — Democracy and Global Affairs
Under Secretary — Management
Under Secretary — Political Affairs
Under Secretary — Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Administration
Assistant Secretary — African Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Consular Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Assistant Secretary — Diplomatic Security
Assistant Secretary — East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Educational and Cultural Affairs
Assistant Secretary — European and Eurasian Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Intelligence and Research92
Assistant Secretary — International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Assistant Secretary — International Organization Affairs
Assistant Secretary — International Security and Nonproliferation
Assistant Secretary — Legislative Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Near Eastern Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Oceans, Environment, and Science
Assistant Secretary — Political and Military Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Population, Refugee, and Migration Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Resource Management
Assistant Secretary — South and Central Asian Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Assistant Secretary — Western Hemisphere Affairs
Ambassador-at-Large — Coordinator - Counterterrorism
Ambassador-at-Large — Director — Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
in Persons
91
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position), and Select Committee on
Intelligence.
92
A June 12, 2006, nomination to this position was initially referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations. Two days later, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, that “the
nomination of Randall M. Fort to be Assistant Secretary of State be discharged from the
Committee on Foreign Relations and that it be referred to the Committee on Intelligence.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell, “Referral of Discharged Nomination,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 152, June 14, 2006, p. S5898.
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Department of State (cont.)
Ambassador-at-Large — International Religious Freedom
Ambassador-at-Large — War Crimes Issues
U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States
U.S. Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Chief Financial Officer93
Coordinator — U.S. Global AIDS
Counselor
Director General — Foreign Service
Director — Office of Foreign Missions
Inspector General94
Legal Adviser
Chief of Protocol95
Ambassadors
Foreign Service Officers (commissions and promotions)
U.S. Mission to the United Nations
U.S. Permanent Representative and Chief of Mission — United Nations
U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative — United Nations
U.S. Representative — United Nations Economic and Social Council
U.S. Alternate Representative — Special Political Affairs in the United Nations
U.S. Representative — United Nations Management and Reform
U.S. Representative — European Office of the United Nations (Geneva)
U.S. Representative — Vienna Office of the United Nations (also serves as a
representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency)
U.S. Representative — International Atomic Energy Agency
U.S. Deputy Representative — International Atomic Energy Agency
U.S. Representative to sessions of the General Assembly and other United
Nations Bodies — numerous positions (terms of office depends on length
of session)
93
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
94
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
95
According to the State Department, “Since 1961, the Chief of Protocol has been
commissioned an Ambassador, requiring the President’s nominee to be confirmed by the
Senate.” Quote from the State Department website, available at [http://www.state.gov/s/
cpr/c15634.htm].
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
U.S. Agency for International Development96
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Assistant Administrator — Sub-Saharan Africa
Assistant Administrator — Asia and Near East
Assistant Administrator — Europe and Eurasia
Assistant Administrator — Global Health
Assistant Administrator — Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance
Assistant Administrator — Latin America and Caribbean
Assistant Administrator — Legislative and Public Affairs
Assistant Administrator — Management
Assistant Administrator — Policy and Program Coordination
Assistant Administrator — Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade
Inspector General97
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
U.S. Executive Director
International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors
Director
International Joint Commission, United States and Canada
Commissioner — three positions
International Monetary Fund
U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office)
Inter-American Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (three-year term of office — The incumbent of this
position also serves as U.S. Executive Director for the Inter-American
Investment Corporation.)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (three-year term of office — The incumbent
of this position also serves as U.S. Alternate Executive Director for the
Inter-American Investment Corporation.)
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Director
96
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
97
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Organizations with Full- and Part-Time Positions98
African Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (five-year term of office; full-time)
Governor and Alternate Governor (five-year terms of office; part-time)
Asian Development Bank
U.S. Executive Director (full-time)
Governor and Alternate Governor (part-time)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
U.S. Executive Director (two-year term of office; full-time — The incumbent
also serves as U.S. Executive Director for the International Finance
Corporation and the International Development Association.)
U.S. Alternate Executive Director (two-year term of office; full-time — The
incumbent also serves as U.S. Alternate Executive Director for the
International Finance Corporation and the International Development
Association.)
Governor (same individual as the International Monetary Fund Governor; fiveyear term of office; part-time — The incumbent also serves as Governor
for the International Finance Corporation and the International
Development Association.)
Alternate Governor (five-year term of office; part-time — The incumbent also
serves as Alternate Governor for the International Finance Corporation and
the International Development Association.)
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Chief Executive Officer (full-time)
Member, Board of Directors — four (of nine total) positions (part-time; threeyear terms of office)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
President/Chief Executive Officer (full-time)
Executive Vice President (full-time)
Member, Board of Directors — eight (of 15 total) positions (part-time; threeyear terms of office)
Peace Corps
Director (full-time)
Deputy Director (full-time)
Member, Peace Corps National Advisory Council — 15 positions (part-time;
political balance required; two-year terms of office)
98
Because several organizations under this committee have both full- and part-time advice
and consent positions, they were listed under this heading for succinctness.
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Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (cont.)
Part-Time Positions
Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (three-year terms of office)
African Development Foundation, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — seven positions (six-year terms of office)
African Development Fund
Governor and Alternate Governor
Broadcasting Board of Governors (political balance required)
Member — eight (of nine total) positions (three-year terms of office)
Inter-American Foundation, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — nine positions (six-year terms of office)
U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy99 (political balance required)
Commissioner — seven positions (three-year terms of office)
99
Nominations to these positions are processed by the State Department. (Communication
with State Department official, July 2, 2007.)
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions
Full-Time Positions
Department of Education100
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Director — Institute of Education Sciences (six-year term of office)
Under Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Civil Rights
Assistant Secretary — Communications and Outreach
Assistant Secretary — Elementary and Secondary Education
Assistant Secretary — Legislation and Congressional Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Management
Assistant Secretary — Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development
Assistant Secretary — Postsecondary Education
Assistant Secretary — Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Assistant Secretary — Vocational and Adult Education
Chief Financial Officer101
Commissioner — Education Statistics (six-year term of office)
Commissioner — Rehabilitation Services Administration
General Counsel
Inspector General102
Department of Health and Human Services103
Administrator — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Assistant Secretary — Aging
Assistant Secretary — Health
Assistant Secretary — Preparedness and Response
Commissioner — Food and Drug Administration
Director — National Institutes of Health
Surgeon General (four-year term of office)
Public Health Service — Officer Corps
100
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
101
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
102
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
103
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Finance, Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position), and
Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Department of Labor104
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Assistant Secretary — Administration and Management
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Disability Employment Policy
Assistant Secretary — Employee Benefits Security Administration
Assistant Secretary — Employment and Training Administration
Assistant Secretary — Employment Standards Administration
Assistant Secretary — Mine Safety and Health Administration
Assistant Secretary — Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Assistant Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Veterans’ Employment and Training Service105
Administrator — Wage and Hour Division
Chief Financial Officer106
Commissioner — Bureau of Labor Statistics
Director — Women’s Bureau
Inspector General107
Solicitor
Corporation for National and Community Service108
Chief Executive Officer
Managing Director
Managing Director
104
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position) and Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
105
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
jointly to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on
Veterans’ Affairs pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of May 24, 2005. Sen. Bill
Frist, “Joint Referral,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 151,
May 24, 2005, p. S5857.
106
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
107
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
108
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Corporation for National and Community Service (cont.)
Chief Financial Officer
Inspector General109
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (five-year terms of office)
General Counsel (four-year term of office)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Director
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Commissioner — five positions (six-year terms of office)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts — Chair (four-year term of office)
National Endowment for the Humanities — Chair (four-year term of office)
Institute of Museum and Library Services — Director (four-year term of office)
National Labor Relations Board (Political balance is not required, but, by tradition,
no more than three members are from the same party.)
Member — five positions (five-year terms of office)
General Counsel (four-year term of office)
National Mediation Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions (three-year terms of office)
National Science Foundation
Director (six-year term of office)
Deputy Director
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Member — three positions (six-year terms of office)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (Executive Office of the President)110
Deputy Director — Demand Reduction
109
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
110
For other positions within the agency, see Committee on the Judiciary.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions (cont.)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Director111
Railroad Retirement Board112
Member — three positions (five-year terms of office — Chair, who first must
be appointed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
Inspector General113
Part-Time Positions
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, Board
of Trustees (political balance required)
Member — eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
Corporation for National and Community Service, Board of Directors (political
balance required)
Member — 15 positions (five-year terms of office)
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political balance
required)
Member — eight (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Board of Trustees (political
balance required)
Member — six (of 13 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
111
The Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation was established as a position
to which appointments are made by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate,
by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-280, § 411; 120 Stat. 935). The act
provides that “[t]he Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate shall have joint jurisdiction over the
nomination of a person nominated by the President to fill [this position], and if one
committee votes to order reported such a nomination, the other shall report within 30
calendar days, or be automatically discharged” (P.L. 109-280, § 411(c)(1); 120 Stat. 935).
The act also provides that the executive director at the time of enactment, “or any other
individual, may serve as interim Director ... until an individual is appointed as Director”
under the advice and consent process (P.L. 109-280, § 411(d); 120 Stat. 936). The first
nomination to this position was received by the Senate on May 3, 2007, and was referred
as specified by law.
112
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
113
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions (cont.)
Legal Services Corporation Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — 11 positions (three-year terms of office)
National Board of Education Sciences
Member — 15 positions
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
Member — 14 (of 15 total) positions (five-year terms of office)
National Council on Disability
Member — 15 positions (three-year terms of office)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Council on the Arts
Member — 14 positions (of 21 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
National Council on the Humanities
Member — 26 positions (of 27 total) positions (six-year terms of office)
National Museum Services Board
Member — 14 positions (of 15 total) positions (five-year terms of office)
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board
Member — 10 positions (three-year terms of office)
National Science Board (National Science Foundation)
Member — 24 positions (six-year terms of office)
United States Institute of Peace, Board of Directors (political balance required)
Member — 12 (of 15 total) positions (four-year terms of office)
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce114
Director — Bureau of the Census
Department of Homeland Security115
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Management
Under Secretary — National Protection and Programs116
Deputy Administrator/Chief Operating Officer — Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Deputy Administrator — National Preparedness, Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Assistant Secretary — Health Affairs/Chief Medical Officer
Assistant Secretary — Policy
Assistant Secretary — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement117
114
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Committee on
Environment and Public Works; Committee on Finance; and Committee on the Judiciary.
115
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation; Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and
Committee on the Judiciary. The Homeland Security Act authorizes not more than 12
assistant secretaries to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the
Senate (6 U.S.C. § 113). As of October 31, 2007, some of these potential positions had
never been filled. Of the advice and consent positions established by the Post-Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Title VI of P.L. 109-295), three at the Federal
Emergency Management Agency — the administrator and two of a maximum of four deputy
administrators — had not, as of October 31, 2007, been the subject of nomination and
referral.
116
It could be argued that the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
(Title VI of P.L. 109-295) abolished this position. For more information on this argument,
see CRS Report RL33729, Federal Emergency Management Policy Changes After
Hurricane Katrina: A Summary of Statutory Provisions, coordinated by Keith Bea.
Nonwithstanding this argument, the President submitted a nomination to this position on
September 4, 2007, and the nomination was referred to this committee.
117
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nominee to this position had been nominated to
the post three times. Two of these nominations were sequentially referred to the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary
pursuant to unanimous consent agreements of October 7, 2005, and September 27, 2007.
(Sen. Ted Stevens, “Sequential Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, vol. 151, October 7, 2005, p. 11331; Sen. Sherrod Brown,
“Sequential Referral — Nomination of Julie Myers,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional
Record, vol. 153, September 27, 2007, p. S12316 ). The second nomination was referred
(continued...)
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (cont.)
Department of Homeland Security (cont.)
Assistant Secretary/Administrator — Transportation Security Administration118
Administrator — U.S. Fire Administration
Assistant Administrator — Grant Programs, Federal Emergency Management
Agency119
Director — Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement
Chief Financial Officer120
General Counsel
Inspector General
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to the District of Columbia
Director (six-year term of office)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals (15-year terms of office)
Chief Judge
Judges — eight positions
District of Columbia Superior Court (15-year terms of office)
Chief Judge
Judges — 61 positions
117
(...continued)
only to the Committee Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
118
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
sequentially to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. On May 19, 2005, the Senate
agreed, by unanimous consent, “that the nomination of Edmund S. Hawley, of California,
to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security be referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science and Transportation, and that, further, upon the reporting out or discharge of the
nomination, the nomination be referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs for a period not to exceed 30 days, after which the nomination, if still
in committee, will be discharged and placed on the Executive Calendar.” Sen. George
Allen, “Referral and Discharge — Nomination of Edmund S. Hawley,” remarks in the
Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 151, May 19, 2005, p. S5547.
119
This position was previously titled Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Grants
and Training/Executive Director, Office for State and Local Government Coordination and
Preparedness.
120
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (cont.)
Federal Labor Relations Authority (political balance required)
Members — three positions (five-year terms of office)
General Counsel (five-year term of office)
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General (15-year term of office)
Deputy Comptroller General121
General Services Administration
Administrator
Inspector General
Merit Systems Protection Board (political balance required)
Member — three positions (seven-year terms of office — Chair, who first must
be confirmed as a member, also needs to be confirmed.)
National Archives and Records Administration
Archivist
Office of Government Ethics
Director (five-year term of office)
Office of Management and Budget (Executive Office of the President)
Director122
Deputy Director123
Deputy Director — Management
Administrator — Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Administrator — Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Controller — Office of Federal Financial Management
121
The term of the Deputy Comptroller General expires upon the appointment of a new
Comptroller General, or when a successor is appointed (31 U.S.C. § 703(b)). No one has
been nominated to this office for at least 25 years.
122
On October 9, 2004, the Senate agreed to S.Res. 445 (108th Congress), which provided,
in part, as follows: “The Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs shall have joint jurisdiction over the nominations of
persons nominated by the President to fill the positions of Director and Deputy Director for
Budget within the Office of Management and Budget, and if one committee votes to order
reported such a nomination, the other must report within 30 calendar days session, or be
automatically discharged” (§101(e)). Nominations to the positions of Director and Deputy
Director of the Office of Management and Budget were jointly referred to the two
committees during the 109th and 110th Congresses.
123
Ibid.
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (cont.)
Office of Personnel Management
Director (four-year term of office)
Deputy Director
Inspector General
Office of Special Counsel
Special Counsel (five-year term of office)
Postal Rate Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — five positions (six-year terms of office)
Most Other Inspectors General124
Part-Time Positions
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Member — five positions (four-year terms of office)
Special Panel on Appeals
Chair (six-year term of office)
United States Postal Service Board of Governors (political balance required)
Governor — nine positions (nine-year terms of office)
124
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Health and Human Services125
Director — Indian Health Service (four-year term of office)
Commissioner — Administration for Native Americans
Department of the Interior126
Assistant Secretary — Indian Affairs
Chair — National Indian Gaming Commission (three-year term of office)
Special Trustee — American Indians
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Commissioner (two-year term of office)127
Part-Time Positions
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
Board of Trustees
Member — 13 (voting) positions (six-year terms of office)
125
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Finance, Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position), and
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
126
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position).
127
There has not been a confirmed Commissioner for the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation since the resignation of Carl J. Kunasek on April 12, 1994. The last nomination
to this position was not confirmed and was returned to the President on November 14, 1994.
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Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Full-Time Positions
Department of Justice
Assistant Attorney General — National Security Division128
Department of State
Assistant Secretary — Intelligence and Research129
Department of the Treasury
Assistant Secretary — Intelligence and Analysis
Central Intelligence Agency
Director
General Counsel
Inspector General
Director of National Intelligence
Director
Principal Deputy Director
Director, National Counterterrorism Center
General Counsel
Chief Information Officer
128
Nominations to this position are referred sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary
and the Select Committee on Intelligence pursuant to Section 17(b)(1) of S. Res. 400 of the
94th Congress (as amended by § 506(d) of P. L. No. 109-177 (March 9, 2006)). The
applicable portion of the provision reads, “With respect to the confirmation of the Assistant
Attorney General for National Security, or any successor position, the nomination of any
individual by the President to serve in such position shall be referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary and, if and when reported, to the select Committee for not to exceed 20
calendar days, except that in cases when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in
recess, the select Committee shall have 5 additional calendar days after the Senate
reconvenes to report the nomination.”
129
A June 12, 2006, nomination to this position was initially referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations. Two days later, the Senate agreed, by unanimous consent, that “the
nomination of Randall M. Fort to be Assistant Secretary of State be discharged from the
Committee on Foreign Relations and that it be referred to the Committee on Intelligence.”
Sen. Mitch McConnell, “Referral of Discharged Nomination,” remarks in the Senate,
Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 152, June 14, 2006, p. S5898.
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Full-Time Positions
Department of Commerce130
Under Secretary — Intellectual Property/Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office
Department of Homeland Security131
Assistant Secretary — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement132
Director — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department of Justice133
Attorney General
Deputy Attorney General
Associate Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General — Antitrust Division
Assistant Attorney General — Civil Division
Assistant Attorney General — Civil Rights Division
Assistant Attorney General — Criminal Division
130
See also Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Committee on
Environment and Public Works; Committee on Finance; and Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs.
131
For other positions within the department, see also Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation; Committee on Finance; and Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs. The Homeland Security Act authorizes not more than 12 assistant
secretaries to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate (6
U.S.C. § 113). As of October 31, 2007, some of these potential positions had never been
filled. Of the advice and consent positions established by the Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006 (Title VI of P.L. 109-295), three at the Federal Emergency
Management Agency — the administrator and two of a maximum of four deputy
administrators — had not, as of October 31, 2007, been the subject of nomination and
referral.
132
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nominee to this position had been nominated to
the post three times. Two of these nominations were sequentially referred to the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary
pursuant to unanimous consent agreements of October 7, 2005. (Sen. Ted Stevens,
“Sequential Referral of Nomination,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, vol.
151, October 7, 2005, p. 11331; Sen. Sherrod Brown, “Sequential Referral — Nomination
of Julie Myers,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, vol. 153, September 27,
2007, p. S12316). The second nomination was referred only to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs.
133
Although the Department of Justice is included in the statute that provides presidentially
appointed and Senate-confirmed chief financial officers for all of the major executive branch
agencies (31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)), this provision is superseded by 28 U.S.C. § 507. The
latter section provides that the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, appointed by
the Attorney General with the approval of the President, shall be the CFO for the
Department of Justice. See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs (for inspector general position).
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary (cont.)
Department of Justice (cont.)
Assistant Attorney General — Environment and Natural Resources Division
Assistant Attorney General — Legislative Affairs
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Justice Programs
Assistant Attorney General — National Security Division134
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Legal Counsel
Assistant Attorney General — Office of Legal Policy
Assistant Attorney General — Tax Division
Administrator — Drug Enforcement Administration
Administrator — Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Deputy Administrator — Drug Enforcement Administration
Director — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Director — Bureau of Justice Assistance
Director — Bureau of Justice Statistics
Director — Community Relations Service (four-year term of office)
Director — Federal Bureau of Investigation (10-year term of office)
Director — National Institute of Justice
Director — Office for Victims of Crime
Director — Office on Violence Against Women
Director — U.S. Marshals Service
Inspector General135
Solicitor General
Special Counsel — Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (fouryear term of office)
U.S. Attorney — 93 positions (four-year terms of office)
U.S. Marshal — 94 positions (four-year terms of office)
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Chair — (three-year term of office; nominated from among commissioner
members — See additional listing under part-time positions below.)
134
Nominations to this position are referred sequentially to the Committee on the Judiciary
and the Select Committee on Intelligence pursuant to Section 17(b)(1) of S. Res. 400 of the
94th Congress (as amended by § 506(d) of P. L. No. 109-177 (March 9, 2006)). The
applicable portion of the provision reads, “With respect to the confirmation of the Assistant
Attorney General for National Security, or any successor position, the nomination of any
individual by the President to serve in such position shall be referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary and, if and when reported, to the select Committee for not to exceed 20
calendar days, except that in cases when the 20-day period expires while the Senate is in
recess, the select Committee shall have 5 additional calendar days after the Senate
reconvenes to report the nomination.”
135
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary (cont.)
Office of National Drug Control Policy (Executive Office of the President)136
Director
Deputy Director
Deputy Director — Demand Reduction
Deputy Director — State and Local Affairs
Deputy Director — Supply Reduction
United States Circuit Court
Judges — 179 positions (life tenure)
United States Court of Federal Claims
Judges — 16 positions (15-year terms of office)
United States Court of International Trade (life tenure)
Judges — nine positions (political balance required)
United States District Courts137
Judges — 678 positions (most are life tenure — These include four judges in
three territorial courts, who are appointed to 10-year terms of office.)
United States Parole Commission
Member — five positions (six-year term of office)
United States Sentencing Commission
Chair — (six-year term of office; nominated from among commission members
— See additional listing under part-time positions below.)
Vice Chair — three positions (six-year terms of office; designated from among
commission members — See additional listing under part-time positions
below.)
United States Supreme Court
Chief Justice — (life tenure)
Associate Justices — eight positions (life tenure)
136
137
See also Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
The 678 district court judgeships consist of 663 permanent judgeships, 11 temporary
judgeships, and four territorial court judgeships. In the districts with the 11 temporary
judgeships, the seat lapses with the departure of a judge from that district at some particular
time specified in statute unless Congress enacts legislation to extend the temporary
judgeship or convert it to a permanent judgeship.
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Senate Committee on the Judiciary (cont.)
Part-Time Positions
Foreign Claims Settlements Commission
Member — three positions (three-year terms of office — One of the three
members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission, as
shown above.)
State Justice Institute, Board of Directors
Director — 11 positions (three-year terms of office)
United States Sentencing Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — seven positions (six-year terms of office — One of the seven
members is also nominated to be the full-time chair of the commission,
and two others are designated as full-time vice-chairs.)
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Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Full-Time Positions
Architect of the Capitol
Architect
Election Assistance Commission (political balance required)
Commissioner — four positions (four-year terms of office)
Federal Election Commission (political balance required)
Commissioners — six positions (six-year terms of office)
Government Printing Office
Public Printer
Library of Congress
Librarian
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Senate Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship
Full-Time Positions
Small Business Administration138
Administrator
Deputy Administrator
Chief Counsel for Advocacy
Inspector General139
138
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
139
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.
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Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Full-Time Positions
Department of Labor140
Assistant Secretary — Veterans’ Employment and Training Service141
Department of Veterans Affairs142
Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Under Secretary — Benefits (four-year term of office)
Under Secretary — Health (four-year term of office)
Under Secretary — Memorial Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Congressional and Legislative Affairs
Assistant Secretary — Human Resources and Administration
Assistant Secretary — Information and Technology
Assistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer143
Assistant Secretary — Operations, Security, and Preparedness
Assistant Secretary — Policy and Planning
Assistant Secretary — Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Chair — Board of Veterans’ Appeals (six-year term of office)
General Counsel
Inspector General144
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Judge — three-seven positions (15-year terms of office)
140
For other positions in this department, see also Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (for inspector general position) and Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions.
141
As of October 31, 2007, the most recent nomination to this position had been referred
jointly to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on
Veterans’ Affairs pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement of May 24, 2005. Sen. Bill
Frist, “Joint Referral,” remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 151,
May 24, 2005, p. S5857.
142
See also Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (for inspector
general position).
143
This chief financial officer is one of 16 out of the 24 CFO positions covered by the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, that may be filled through appointment by the
President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or through designation by the President
from among agency officials who have been confirmed by the Senate for other positions.
(31 U.S.C. § 901(a)(1)).
144
Pursuant to a UC agreement, most IG nominations are referred sequentially to the
committee with predominant jurisdiction over the particular IG’s agency and then the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. For more information, see
footnote 7.